명화 읽는 영어수업 5(메두사호의 뗏목)

1.

1) It was the 1816 shipwreck of the French frigate Méduse, where around 150 people were abandoned on a raft and only 15 survived after 13 days of starvation and hardship.

2) Because it exposed the incompetence and corruption of the French monarchy, which had appointed an unqualified captain based on political favoritism. Géricault aimed to criticize the government and highlight the consequences of such failures.

3) He interviewed survivors of the wreck, studied corpses in morgues, and built detailed raft models to better understand the scene.

4) The figures are arranged in a pyramid shape: dead and dying at the bottom, desperate survivors in the middle, and a man signaling for help at the top. This structure creates a dramatic emotional arc from despair to hope.

5) He represents hope and the moment of possible rescue. Being a Black man, his position also symbolically challenges racial hierarchies and adds a powerful message about dignity and equality.

6) Strong contrasts between light and dark highlight the figures' suffering and emphasize their emotions, creating a dramatic and intense atmosphere.

7) It may symbolize hope, resilience, and equality. It was a radical and deliberate choice to elevate a figure often marginalized in 19th-century France, possibly critiquing slavery and racial injustice.

8) The stormy, dark sky and turbulent sea mirror the survivors' chaos, despair, and emotional turmoil.

9) The painting conveys the fragility of human life, the horrors of abandonment, and the struggle for survival, while also serving as a critique of political corruption and a tribute to human dignity and hope in the face of despair.

10) I think this painting shows the Romantic movement well. It belongs to the Romantic movement. This is evident in its dramatic emotion, emphasis on human suffering, and critique of political and social issues, as well as its use of dynamic composition and intense realism.

2.

riches and power will be mine forever

devoured us whole

No space for you

We must bind the raft to that lifeboat

become one of them